News Analysis
Protests Reflect Deep Divisions in Thailand
By THOMAS FULLER
Experts say Thailand is seeing a steady unraveling of an old consensus
about who wields political power and who receives government largess.
Greece Sets Showdown Vote Over Euro
Greece
mandated a senior judge to form a government as caretaker prime
minister ahead of new elections next month, after political parties
failed to agree on a political or technocratic heavyweight for the job.
China Gets in the Zone for Luxury
A
fight between government departments over China's luxury tax could
benefit luxury brands, leading to the creation of zones where the taxes
are lowered.
The lofty price — $1.3 million a patent — reflects the crucial role that patents are increasingly playing in the business and legal strategies of the world's major technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Samsung and HTC.
Much of the improvement in manufacturing — a small slice of the American economy — is the result of businesses rebuilding inventories after slashing them. The economy has also been stoked by $787 billion in federal spending aimed at stimulating growth, a force that will be largely exhausted by the middle of the year.
Those skeptical of lasting recovery assert that, once businesses have rebuilt inventories and federal largess runs dry, the economy will confront the same assortment of ills plaguing it for two years.
The lofty price — $1.3 million a patent — reflects the crucial role that patents are increasingly playing in the business and legal strategies of the world's major technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Samsung and HTC.
lofty[loft・y]
- 発音記号[lɔ'ːfti | lɔ'fti]
[形]（-i・er, -i・est）
1 〈人などが〉高位の, 高貴な；威厳のある；高潔な；〈文体などが〉気品のある, 高雅な；高尚な.
2 〈態度などが〉高慢な.
3 ((限定))((文))〈山・塔などが〉非常に高い, そびえ立つ. ▼人には用いない. ⇒HIGH[類語]
loft・i・ly
[副]
loft・i・ness
[名]largesse
Pronunciation: /lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/
(also largess)
Translate largesse | into Italian noun
[mass noun]Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin largus 'copious'lar·gess lar·gesse (lär-zhĕs', -jĕs', lär'jĕs')
also
n.
- Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
- Money or gifts bestowed.
- Generosity of spirit or attitude.
[Middle English largesse, from Old French, from large, generous, from Latin largus.]
(自)
(1) （部屋などに）はいる；（タクシーなどに）乗る.
(2) 到着する, 来る；帰宅する.
(3) （…と）交わるようになる, 親しくなる((with ...)).
(4) （官職・会員・議員などに）選ばれる, 当選する, 〈政党などが〉政権を得る；（学校・会などに）はいる.
(5) ((略式))（活動などに）参加する, 割り込む；巻き込まれる((on, at ...)).
luxury tax 奢侈品的客稅 或諸如NBA等所定的籃球隊的豪華稅
The NBA announced late Tuesday the 2012-13 season's
salary cap and luxury tax numbers with both remaining the same as for
2011-12.
The salary cap is set at $58.044 million, and the luxury tax line is $70.307 million.
The minimum team salary, which is set at 85 percent of the cap number, is $49.337
million for the 2012-13 season.
Teams exceeding the tax line will have to pay one dollar for every dollar over. The new rules that have a much more punitive tax don't begin until the 2013-14 season.
The salary cap is set each year by calculations based on projected amounts for Basketball Related Income (BRI) and benefits for the upcoming season. The projected BRI is negotiated by the league and players' association. Each year the sides meet to agree on an amount.
The salary cap calculation starting in 2012-13 takes 44.74 percent of the league's projected BRI, subtracts projected benefits, and then divides by the number of teams in the league.
With the July Moratorium ending at midnight and players allowed to sign July 11, the deadline was up for the new figures. The "new" cap begins at 12:01 ET, July 11.
Also of note: The mid-level exception will remain at $5 million, and the taxpayer "mini" mid-level exception will be $3.09 million.
The expectation is that in following years the cap and tax line will increase as league revenues reach all-time highs.
get in[get in]
(1) （部屋などに）はいる；（タクシーなどに）乗る.
(2) 到着する, 来る；帰宅する.
(3) （…と）交わるようになる, 親しくなる((with ...)).
(4) （官職・会員・議員などに）選ばれる, 当選する, 〈政党などが〉政権を得る；（学校・会などに）はいる.
(5) ((略式))（活動などに）参加する, 割り込む；巻き込まれる((on, at ...)).
technocrat[tech・no・crat]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[téknəkræ`t]
[名]テクノクラート.
1 テクノクラシーの主唱者［専門家］.
2 技術家［科学者］出身の管理職［政治家, 官僚など］.
tèch・no・crát・ic
[形]luxury tax 奢侈品的客稅 或諸如NBA等所定的籃球隊的豪華稅
NBA sets salary cap and luxury tax numbers for 2012-13
The salary cap is set at $58.044 million, and the luxury tax line is $70.307 million.
The minimum team salary, which is set at 85 percent of the cap number, is $49.337
million for the 2012-13 season.
Teams exceeding the tax line will have to pay one dollar for every dollar over. The new rules that have a much more punitive tax don't begin until the 2013-14 season.
The salary cap is set each year by calculations based on projected amounts for Basketball Related Income (BRI) and benefits for the upcoming season. The projected BRI is negotiated by the league and players' association. Each year the sides meet to agree on an amount.
The salary cap calculation starting in 2012-13 takes 44.74 percent of the league's projected BRI, subtracts projected benefits, and then divides by the number of teams in the league.
With the July Moratorium ending at midnight and players allowed to sign July 11, the deadline was up for the new figures. The "new" cap begins at 12:01 ET, July 11.
Also of note: The mid-level exception will remain at $5 million, and the taxpayer "mini" mid-level exception will be $3.09 million.
The expectation is that in following years the cap and tax line will increase as league revenues reach all-time highs.
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